"Secretary General" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Secretaries General [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French secrétaire général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun (i.e., postpositive). Etymology templates: {{cal|en|fr|secrétaire général}} Calque of French secrétaire général Head templates: {{en-noun|Secretaries General|head=Secretary General}} Secretary General (plural Secretaries General)
  1. The chief administrator of an international body such as NATO or the United Nations. Translations (chief administrator of an international body): أمين عام (Arabic), အထွေထွေအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ် (a.htwehtwea.twang:re:hmu:hkyup) (Burmese), secretari general [masculine] (Catalan), 秘書長 (Chinese Mandarin), 秘书长 (mìshūzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 書記長 (Chinese Mandarin), 书记长 (shūjìcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), generalsekretær [common-gender] (Danish), secretaris-generaal [masculine] (Dutch), aðalskrivari [masculine] (Faroese), aðalritari [masculine] (Faroese), pääsihteeri (Finnish), secrétaire général [masculine] (French), premier secrétaire [masculine] (French), გენერალური მდივანი (generaluri mdivani) (Georgian), Generalsekretär [masculine] (German), Generalsekretärin [feminine] (German), γενικός γραμματέας (genikós grammatéas) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), מזכיר כללי (mazkír klalí) (Hebrew), főtitkár (Hungarian), aðalritari [masculine] (Icelandic), sekretaris jenderal (Indonesian), Ard-Rúnaí [masculine] (Irish), 総書記 (sōshoki) (alt: そうしょき) (Japanese), 書記長 (shokichō) (alt: しょきちょう) (Japanese), бас хатшы (bas xatşy) (Kazakh), 사무총장 (samuchongjang) (Korean), 서기장 (seogijang) (alt: 書記長) (Korean), Setiausaha Agung (Malay), generalsekretær (Norwegian Bokmål), generalsekretær (Norwegian Nynorsk), sekretarz generalny [masculine] (Polish), secretário-geral [masculine] (Portuguese), генера́льный секрета́рь (generálʹnyj sekretárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), генсе́к (gensék) [masculine] (Russian), katibu mkuu (Swahili), generalsekreterare (Swedish), genel sekreter (Turkish), tổng thư kí (alt: 總書記) (Vietnamese), ysgrifennydd cyffredinol (Welsh)
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  2. The secretary of a non-Communist political party, governmental entity, or other NGO in many countries.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: First Secretary, General Secretary, SG, secretary general, secretary-general

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Alternative forms

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    "Secretary General"
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      "word": "秘書長"
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "秘书长"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "pääsihteeri"
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      "word": "secrétaire général"
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      "word": "premier secrétaire"
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "გენერალური მდივანი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "מזכיר כללי"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "főtitkár"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
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      "word": "aðalritari"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "sekretaris jenderal"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
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      "word": "総書記"
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      "alt": "しょきちょう",
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "書記長"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bas xatşy",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "бас хатшы"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samuchongjang",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "사무총장"
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      "alt": "書記長",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seogijang",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "서기장"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "Setiausaha Agung"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "generalsekretær"
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      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "generalsekretær"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sekretarz generalny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "secretário-geral"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "generálʹnyj sekretárʹ",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "генера́льный секрета́рь"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gensék",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
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      "word": "генсе́к"
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    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "katibu mkuu"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "generalsekreterare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "genel sekreter"
    },
    {
      "alt": "總書記",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "tổng thư kí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chief administrator of an international body",
      "word": "ysgrifennydd cyffredinol"
    }
  ],
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    "Secretary General"
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}

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